COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The NJCAA national office released the winner of the 2014 NJCAA Softball Marucci Elite Hitter awards Thursday. The awards are presented to the All-America nominee from each district with the highest batting average. For more information, visit www.njcaa.org.

About Marucci Sports
Like most great all-American stories, Marucci comes from humble beginnings. Started in a 6'x9' tool shed by Jack Marucci and two former big leaguers, Kurt Ainsworth and Joe Lawrence, Marucci was built on an unflinching commitment to handcrafting the best wood bat in the game. Today more than 300 big leaguers use Marucci bats, including Albert Pujols, Andrew McCutchen, José Bautista, and David Ortiz. Marucci is majority owned by professional players and uses its player advisory board to design the game’s most innovative product line-up, which includes wood and aluminum bats, batting gloves and protective equipment.

About the NJCAA
Since 1938 the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has been the governing body of two-year college athletics, offering athletic and academic opportunities to college students. The NJCAA is the second largest national intercollegiate athletic organization in the United States with over 500 member schools in 43 states. Each year nearly 60,000 student-athletes compete in one of 28 different sports and the organization sponsors 48 national championship events and nine football bowl games. NJCAA Headquarters has been located in Colorado Springs, Colo., since 1985. For more information visit www.njcaa.org.